BJP student wing praises HRD ministry's 'new lease of life'

The BJP may have called the cabinet reshuffle an "exercise in vain", but its student wing doesn't seem to share this sentiment. In fact, the Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) has, curiously, offered veiled praise for the change.

The cabinet reshuffle on October 28 had brought fresh blood into the ministry in the form of M.M. Pallam Raju as the new minister and Shashi Tharoor and Jitin Prasada as the new ministers of state.

An ABVP press release describes the rejig as a "major reshuffle" and a "new lease of life" for the ministry. Unlike its acerbic attack on the UPA in the past, the release gives detailed backgrounds of the ministers, which shows them in positive light.

The contradiction turns even more apparent as the ABVP acknowledges Raju "as one of the youngest HRD ministers in recent times."

But the paragraph on Tharoor is perhaps the most interesting bit in the release.

Tharoor's re-appointment to the cabinet has been mocked openly by the leading Opposition party.

The ABVP, however, seems to have greater faith in his abilities. "The former UN diplomat is expected to infuse fresh ideas in the ministry," the release states.

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Prof. Miling Marathe, the national president of ABVP said: "We are just stating facts and that is what a responsible student organisation does. It's our job to acknowledge the change at the top and hope that the new ministers can address the problems of the education system."